http://architecturenow.ie/news/The latest 50 articles from Architecture Now's news archives.en-ie2010-07-28T13:30:12+00:002010-07-29T13:32:10+00:00© Copyright 2010 Magazines Online Ltd.http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationNotepad ++http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=930“Government is under-spending by 25% on construction projects – and this may harm economic recovery,” says Davis Langdon PKS. ...ANOW9302010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=929Dublin’s designation as UNESCO City of Literature was celebrated on Monday in the presence of many of the city’s best loved writers including poet Thomas Kinsella (photo) and novelists Joseph O’Connor and Siobhan Parkinson ...ANOW9292010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=928Dublin-born architect and RIAI Council Member Angela Brady has been elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, for a two-year term commencing on 1 September 2011. ...ANOW9282010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=927Exhibition: [bold]Summer 2010[/bold], Kerlin Gallery, 23 July-4 September ...ANOW9272010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=926URBAN SOS is a unique platform for architecture students to source solutions to the complex challenges facing some of the world's poorest cities today ...ANOW9262010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=925Aimee O'Carroll, a 24 year-old Irish architectural graduate,has been announced Winner of the inaugural Foster + ...ANOW9252010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=924Three weekends, three London hubs, over 600 events enjoyed by over a quarter of a million people. ...ANOW9242010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=923Founded by Jason MacLennan, of the most high profile green building council in the US, Living Building Challenge is the breaking wave in green design. ...ANOW9232010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=9223TWENTY10 is a new research competition by the RIAI to promote the ideas and problem-solving abilities of architects and develop a number of research projects that will provide solutions to problems in the built environment ...ANOW9222010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=921DOCOMOMO is the international committee for documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement. ...ANOW9212010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=920One of Ireland’s most acclaimed architectural practices – de Blacam and Meagher – will represent Ireland at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. ...ANOW9202010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=919ArtMe receives Red Dot Product Design Award 2010 -One of the most prestigious design awards in the world and the only one from the field of fireproofed roofs and façades ...ANOW9192010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=918de Blacam and Meagher will represent Ireland at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice during Autumn 2010. ...ANOW9182010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=917The IAF’s “Architects of the Future” crew of over 80 children are building a unique recycled city in Temple Bar, as part of the Summer Sensational festival. ...ANOW9172010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=916Designing Dublin has recently completed a scoping project entitled Love the City ...ANOW9162010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=9153XNs winning proposal for the new structure marking the entrance to Vällingby Parkstad creates a close relation between work life, housing, and leisure. ...ANOW9152010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=914Joseph Walsh’s renowned workshop is inviting professionals from the world of architecture, design and craft to participate in a training program presented by Robert Ingham. ...ANOW9142010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=913Thursday Lunch is a new series of lunch-time events at darc space, 26 North Great George?s Street, which provide a forum to meet, talk, lunch and debate issues relating to architecture and the built environment. ...ANOW9132010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=912The IAF is delighted to announce highlights of the fifth annual Open House Dublin, which takes place from 7 to 11 October 2010! ...ANOW9122010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=911DOCOMOMO Ireland will be officially relaunched at an Extraordinary General Meeting on the afternoon of Thursday, ...ANOW9112010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=910Keith Williams Architects’ project for the redevelopment of Canterbury’s Marlowe Theatre has topped out, with main contractor ISG Jackson on course for the £25.6 million building’s public opening in autumn 2011. ...ANOW9102010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=909Dublin, 21 June 2010- The Criminal Courts of Justice, designed by Henry J Lyons, has been voted Ireland’s favourite new building. The new court building was the People’s Choice in this year’s RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2010, which were announced today at the RIAI Annual Awards ceremony at Farmleigh. A total of fourteen projects received awards. ...ANOW9092010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=908Thursday Lunch is a new series of lunch-time events at darc space, 26 North Great George’s Street, which provide a forum to meet, talk, lunch and debate issues relating to architecture and the built environment ...ANOW9082010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=907World Architecture Festival | Barcelona 3-5 November 2010 ...ANOW9072010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=906The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) has announced the recipients of the IES Illumination Awards for 2010. The IES granted one Award of Distinction, seven Awards for Excellence, and two Special Citations. ...ANOW9062010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=905From the recreation of Antonio Gaudi’s complex geometries for the completion of the monumental Sagrada Familia Cathedral in Barcelona to the 3D printing of structures on the lunar surface – ...ANOW9052010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=904SHOW 10, the end-of-year student exhibition at the Dublin School of Architecture, DIT Bolton Street was formerly opened by RIAI President Paul Keogh on Friday 11 June. ...ANOW9042010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=903Voting has opened for the RIAI’s Public Choice Award on www.irisharchitectureawards.ie/public-choice. ...ANOW9032010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=898Three weekends, 16 days, over 300 events, 250,000 visitors, star names and an unrivalled variety and vibrancy of installations, exhibitions, debates and dialogue... ...ANOW8982010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=897A competition for a distinctive mixed-use development comprising residential ‘loft’ style dwellings in the Q5 Waltrovka area of Prague has been launched by the RIAI. ...ANOW8972010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=896The recently completed visitor centre for the Wildfowl and Wetland... ...ANOW8962010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=895DIT Bolton Street Architecture student Breffni Greene was recently announced by the RIAI as the winner of the Travelling Scholarship Medal. ...ANOW8952010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=894The opportunity to experience renowned musicians in the setting of iconic historic houses is presented through the annual Music in Great Irish Houses event, which runs from 12 to 19 June 2010. ...ANOW8942010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=893"Painting and static sculpture are obsolete. They are anachronisms because they are irrelevant to our contemporary technological situation." ...ANOW8932010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=892The sixth and FINAL installment of Pecha Kucha Night Dublin will take place on Thursday 3rd June at the Sugar Club in Dublin ...ANOW8922010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=891We are looking for students, recent graduates and others with a strong interest in the field of architecture and culture to volunteer as invigilators at the Irish Pavilion during the Venice Architecture Biennale from 26th August to 30th September 2010. ...ANOW8912010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=890Making Nature is a curated group exhibition in which the work Irish and international artists explores the world naturally made, and art as it remakes the world. ...ANOW8902010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=889The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) and the Irish Architecture Foundation (IAF) have formed ‘Architecture Tours Ireland’ as a new public service for tourists, special interest groups, students and the general public with the aim of showcasing Dublin’s architectural icons, both contemporary and historic. ...ANOW8892010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=888The sinuous, shimmering form of the Aviva Stadium has been transforming Dublin’s skyline for the past year but on 14 May a high point was reached when An Taoiseach Brian Cowen, TD officially opened the new 50,000-seater stadium. ...ANOW8882010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=885dePaor architects have become the first Irish office to be asked to create an installation for the main exhibition at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition ...ANOW8852010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=884Arata Isozaki, one of the most influential architects practicing today, whose work blends Eastern architectural style with emerging global trends, will lead a super-jury of architectural experts who will decide on the ‘World Building of the Year’ during this year’s World Architecture Festival (WAF)2010... ...ANOW8842010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=882SAUL Intelligence Unit Summer 2010 (at the School of Architecture at the University of Limerick) will be conducting parallel research projects from the beginning of June to the end of August 2010. ...ANOW8822010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=881From outside, either a bar from a passing gramophone of a song half recognised or mollusc shells dropping on concrete... ...ANOW8812010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=880Crawford Art Gallery presents Guest by Anthony Haughey as part of a series of screenings by Irish and International artists throughout 2010. ...ANOW8802010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=879Organised by Dublin City Council, Innovation Dublin is an annual festival that promotes and celebrates innovation in the city ...ANOW8792010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=878The Irish Georgian Society recently announced a new conservation awards scheme to celebrate Ireland’s built heritage and to mark the importance of the conservation work being done by its architects. ...ANOW8782010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=877Pause, a new exhibition at darc space gallery Dublin will open on Thursday 27 May. ...ANOW8772010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=875MCO’s project is designed to create significant employment opportunities ( estimatde 1,300 new jobs in the first phase over 1-3 years) andenable local people to enjoy a sustainable livelihood in rural and coastal towns around Ireland. The Resilient Towns Trust is founded on two concepts: ...ANOW8752010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=874Congratulations to Sheila O'Donnell on her election to Aosdana. Hard luck to her creative and business partner John Tuomey for not ...ANOW8742010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00http://architecturenow.ie/news/?article=872A competition to design a 21st century view of the London skyline has been launched in the run up to the London Festival of Architecture 2010 www.lfa2010.org. ...ANOW8722010-07-28T13:30:12+00:00